A Japan Court Rules Samsung Didn't Infringe Apple

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Apple's (AAPL) big patent-infringement legal win over Samsung in U.S. courts is not carrying over to other parts of the world.

A Tokyo judge on Friday ruled that Samsung Electronics didn't infringe on Apple patents related to smartphones and tablet computers synchronizing music and video data with servers.

Apple was ordered by Tokyo District Judge Tamotsu Shoji to pay costs of the lawsuit after his verdict, Bloomberg reported. South Korea-based Samsung's shares rose 1.5% on the Seoul exchange Friday.

Apple's U.S. shares, though, were up a fraction in early U.S. trading Friday, at 667.30, near their all-time high of 680.87 touched on Monday, the first trading day after the U.S. verdict was announced late Aug. 24.

That verdict was a resounding legal win for the Cupertino, Calif.-based iPhone maker.

But earlier on Aug. 24, a Korean court ruled that Apple and Samsung had infringed on one another's patents, and Apple in general hasn't seen resounding legal wins worldwide. And the legal battles between the two leading makers of smartphones is far from over, as we've reported.

U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh is slated to rule Sept. 20 on Apple's request, following the Aug. 24 verdict, to block U.S. sales of eight Samsung products. Samsung is fighting the request.

And Reuters reported late Thursday that Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Larry Page have had behind-the-scenes talks regarding patents. Samsung, and many others, makes smartphones and tablets based on Google's open-source Android operating system. Apple's win over Samsung was widely viewed as also a win over Google and Android.

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